Cunningham v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• \[a]lmost immediately after the stabbing the defendant `took off' and tried to flee when he spotted the police\
• the manner in which a crime is planned, executed, or concealed may indicate a consciousness of guilt and awareness of criminality
• \The opportunity for study and observation of the person whose sanity is questioned are important factors the jury should consider in evaluating the weight to be accorded an expert's opinion.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

42 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Bui v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1988-04-12· cited 109×
• Jackson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2000-03-31· cited 91×
• Hopkins v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1983-02-01· cited 61×
• Davis v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1998-05-29· cited 61×
• Ellis v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1990-05-11· cited 50×
• Woods v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1999-12-10· cited 47×
• Ivery v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1996-04-19· cited 46×
• Dunaway v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1998-10-23· cited 34×
• Bass v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1991-04-26· cited 33×
• Young v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1982-11-02· cited 32×
• Wesley v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1989-12-29· cited 23×
• Hill v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1986-09-09· cited 21×
• Alvis v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1983-07-05· cited 21×
• Dill v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1985-11-12· cited 20×
• Dutton v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1983-07-05· cited 18×
• Ware v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1991-04-11· cited 17×
• Sistrunk v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1984-08-14· cited 17×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1994-03-25· cited 17×
• Justo v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1990-02-02· cited 14×
• Blevins v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1987-07-28· cited 14×

Cites

26 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Knight v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1962-06-21· cited 88×
• Smith v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1950-10-26· cited 87×
• Young v. New York Central Railroad
  Supreme Court· 1950-06-05· cited 76×
• Christian v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1977-09-30· cited 69×
• Nichols v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1964-01-16· cited 63×
• McAllister v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1850-01-15· cited 60×
• Herbert v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1978-02-21· cited 39×
• Pickett v. State
  Alabama Court of Appeals· 1953-12-08· cited 37×
• Pickett v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1954-03-11· cited 28×
• Walker v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1959-06-25· cited 22×
• Griffin v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1969-08-07· cited 19×
• Woods v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1978-07-25· cited 17×
• Woods v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1978-12-01· cited 16×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1975-01-17· cited 13×
• McKinnon v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1981-10-06· cited 13×
• Sasser v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1980-04-22· cited 12×
• Graham v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1980-02-26· cited 10×
• Hocutt v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1977-03-01· cited 10×
• Bowen v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1980-05-06· cited 10×
• Breen v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1974-10-29· cited 10×